Articles filed under Crime
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Man convicted in 2009 attempted murder faces new charges alleging he threatened cleaning companyFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights man who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2011 for his part in the attempted murder of an Illinois State Lottery winner was ordered held on $50...
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Carpentersville man admits to tax fraudFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - A Carpentersville man has admitted defrauding the IRS out of $7.2 million. Ephrem F. Lijalem, 48, could face up to six years in prison and a fine of $500,000 at sentenc...
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'A bit opaque' and confidential: Behind Illinois' gubernatorial pardon processFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Jerame Simmons got his long-held wish in December when he became the chief of the fire department that dismissed him 24 years ago after he was charged with...
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Victims remembered, first responders honored, on third anniversary of Aurora mass shootingFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - Looking out Tuesday at a crowd of Aurora firefighters, police officers and city officials, Aurora Historical Society executive director John Jaros spoke the names writte...
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Body of Algonquin woman found in Lindenhurst homeFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - An Algonquin woman was found dead Tuesday in her boyfriend's home in Lindenhurst after she was reported missing. According to a news release from the Lake County Major C...
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GOP lawmakers back effort to give DCFS workers pepper sprayFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican lawmakers are calling for the passage of legislation that would allow Department of Children and Family Services workers to carry pepper spray f...
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Ticket broker who scammed White Sox sent to prisonFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a prolific ticket broker convicted of a lucrative yearslong scam of the Chicago White Sox to 1½ years in prison. A January 2020 indi...
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Prince Andrew to settle sex abuse case, donate to charityFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Britain's Prince Andrew, accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl supplied to him by financier Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to settle b...
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Sandy Hook families settle for $73 million with gun maker RemingtonFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. - The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the...
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Mexico says conspiracy behind avocado ban; US cites violenceFeb 14, 2022 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's president said Monday the U.S. suspension on avocado imports and recent environmental complaints are part of a conspiracy against his country...